The View  co-host Sunny Hostin revealed on the show's  Behind the Table  podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) that Cynthia Erivo called her with concerns over Hostin's viral segment discussing the Cornell 7 sexual assault case. The  Wicked  Oscar nominee explained to Hostin why she was getting backlash for her remarks.

Hostin was accused of defending the seven accused men at the center of the case when she told viewers last week that  it's important to understand why the DA did not bring a case  against them in 2024. She proceeded to explain the law without acknowledging at first that she disagreed with it, thus leading to outrage online.

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 She allowed other boys and consented to other boys snorting ketamine off of her body, and under New York law, voluntary intoxication or drug use that merely impairs judgment does not legally constitute an inability to consent to sexual activity,  Hostin said last week, in her legal opinion, about the accuser, a woman who is going by Jane Doe.  That means if you voluntarily ingest drugs, voluntarily take alcohol, you can agree to have threesomes - which, in her statement, she agreed to have two separate threesomes. 

Hostin admitted on the  Behind the Table  podcast that she  led with the law  while discussing the Cornell 7 case on  The View  because  everyone else had spoken emotionally about it,  adding:  I needed, I felt, to bring us back to this New York law, which is really terrible and needs to be changed. 

The host soon got a call from Cynthia Erivo, who was in Paris working on a new project.  She called me and said,  Sis, I know you and I know your heart and your life's work has been about protecting women and children. But, the clip that I saw doesn't reflect who you are,'  Hostin said of Erivo's message.  She then said,  I'm a blunt person and you are a blunt person.' That's why we get along so well, because we get the BS out when we talk to each other. She said she's had to learn to give people her opinion in a way that they can receive it rather than just be blunt. 

Hostin said Erivo shared the following advice:  Instea

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